London-based jewellery designer Solange Azagury-Partridge is known for her artful take on jewellery that incorporates provocative themes, often characterised by bold and playful uses of colours and gems.
Marking her time in the industry–over 35 years–she has teamed up with Rizzoli to launch her first book, SOLANGE: Jewellery for Chromantics. Inside, expect plenty of storytelling (as with her jewellery), an exploration of her enchanting jewellery world, and her fantasy-filled creations. It’s no wonder then, that her pieces has gained a following with fashion and jewellery enthusiasts from Julianne Moore to Sarah Jessica Parker–loved for her avant-garde designs that set Solange apart from the traditional jewellery houses.
Solange’s love of language and connotations have become central to her creative process, and as such, inform the names of her lauded collections: Scribbles, Chromance, Platonic, Supernature, Regalia, Poptails, Stoned, Sentimentals, Hotlips and Metamorphosis.
Solange’s expressive rings, full of life with colour, remain her most famous creations, cue the Hotlips ring that was first designed in 1995, and has established its legacy in the permanent collections of the Victoria & Albert museum and the Musée Art des Décoratifs in Paris, amongst
other Solange pieces.
“Her brains, impeccable eye and ability to continuously think outside the box are qualities to
be marvelled at. There are no jewels that make me more excited than Solange’s. Never boring, always innovative and unlike any other,” says Adwoa Aboah.
Solange: Jewellery for Chromantics is published by Rizzoli priced at £73.00.Available to purchase at Dover Street Market – 18-22 Haymarket, London, SW1Y 4DG and via solange.co.uk.
Written by Felicity Carter